moocow01

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by moocow01 15y ago
"Someone presently in the valley, who is worth attracting, generally has no reason to leave" - I get your point but many people once they have families feel pressure to get out of SV probably due to long hours, cost, etc. Not everyone leav
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by moocow01 15y ago
I personally think Occupy Wall Street is a great movement and am very excited to see Americans speak up but I have to admit I'm not as impassioned with it as some others are. I know its selfish but I think this probably has to do with the
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by moocow01 15y ago
"the truth is, if these companies would offshore the jobs to Philippines or India, it easily becomes a $30K-50K/year solution" - If this was a solution believe me the market would figure it out and reflect that. In fact if it was true, the
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by moocow01 15y ago
Worked for 4 years in SF and left a couple years ago for another job... the whole time I was there I felt like I was seeing a different city than everyone else. For the most part I found it dirty, unfriendly, cold and way overpriced. Ther
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by moocow01 15y ago
I'd agree that in tech in general you have to be very very careful in terms of understanding what you are really stepping into. There are jobs that are great but there are more jobs that are not so great (meaning the pay may be good but...
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by moocow01 15y ago
I couldn't agree with this article more. Due to the awkwardness around not accepting a friend invite, my Facebook consists of just about everyone I've ever known in my life. It is convenient to have an easy channel to track someone down i
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by moocow01 15y ago
In someways I feel fortunate to not work in gaming. There are so many platforms and languages you've got to hit and probably by the time you've gotten your game's reach maximized the landscape has totally changed. I know Unity is helping
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by moocow01 15y ago
Agreed - if someone enjoys their startup life, more power to them in that there is nothing that pays better than enjoying your situation. For someone who is looking at it as a financial play but sitting in a startup that is grinding them d
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by moocow01 15y ago
I would be highly suspicious of the greater than $11M category. You'd have to have one hell of an exit to get $11M as an employee and according to the poll about 1 / 16 people on hacker news have been through this or more. From my experie
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by moocow01 15y ago
Probably venture capitalists trying to sway the poll to sell the startup dream
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by moocow01 15y ago
Ill second that - skip the startups and work for yourself instead if at all possible
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by moocow01 15y ago
There actually should be a negative category for all those that got hit with taxes after excersizing and then couldnt cash out. This unfortunately happens more frequently than you might think.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Is this before or after taxes? In my case, the difference between 60% of $0 and the full $0 is drastically different.
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by moocow01 15y ago
I really wonder how this will impact the commercial real estate market and if commercial real estate is an incredibly bad investment these days even at its current lows. As we all know, you have this obvious and unstoppable force of doing
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by moocow01 15y ago
The emphasis is on "core" - software is just a tool to enhance the core business as you're pointing out. If the bakery's core business sucks but they are great at software they will still suck as a bakery.
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by moocow01 15y ago
This guy is a bit too heavy handed in technology is everything and provides some not so convincing examples. I get his point but I'm pretty skeptical that the bakery's core business is now software - in fact I'd rather not taste the produc
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by moocow01 15y ago
Just to let you know you're not alone, that one went completely over my head as well.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Not in reference specifically to product roles, I think one of the problems right now in SV and probably in other tech hubs is the migration of finance, law, "other fancy profession" people to the tech industry as the bubble has inflated.
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by moocow01 15y ago
It has actually been pretty demoralizing to me participating in agile techniques as a professional. Ive been in SCRUM meetings where everyone would stand in a circle and the project manager would bring in a timer and time everyone when the
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by moocow01 15y ago
The more and more I work in Agile the more I realize that the way many companies use it it is just an excuse to do micromanagement and attempt to treat everyone as an interchangeable resource/cog. Now this doesn't mean agile is bad, it jus
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by moocow01 15y ago
;)
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by moocow01 15y ago
http://vator.tv/news/2011-04-01-super-angels-create-incubato...
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by moocow01 15y ago
"Back home, I can drive the workforce to do the best practices that I believe without having to have long discussions" But this where you may be missing out on the value of a worker. In this day in age, someone who just cranks out somethin
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by moocow01 15y ago
Agreed - I think his fundamental 'flaw' may be be his MBA-ness meaning he is looking for the efficient, predictable, safe way to make money for the organization which in this case is himself. Its been said over and over but for the majorit
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by moocow01 15y ago
Ooh neat - when the bubble pops, this could be a fun thing to remember the stupidity of the bubble by. Kind of like pets.com of the first one.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Your basing your argument on the idea that everyone is in some linear race and we will all do an assessment of ourselves and everyone else at the age of 40 to see who is ahead. Unfortunately many of the typically unhappiest people do this
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by moocow01 15y ago
Meh - honestly working insane hours becomes unproductive and is foolishly glorified by many around SV. Getting 2 hours of sleep on a regular basis is just going to make you non-functional after a while and will lead to shooting yourself in
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by moocow01 15y ago
"ideas are being funded after a meeting with 2 guys and a sketch pad, with no product and no company, then we are in a bubble" Unfortunately from a few interviews I went on in SV a few months ago, more than a couple of times this scenario w
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by moocow01 15y ago
99% of the time if you work almost anywhere in the core business of software in Calfornia or the US you will never see a dime in overtime pay. I don't think too many folks consider overtime pay but when/if you have friends or family who ar